NEW DELHI: Ravindra Jadeja has etched his title into cricketing folklore by equalling an iconic record held by the legendary Sir Garfield Sobers. On Day 5 of the fourth Test at Old Trafford, the Indian all-rounder introduced up his fifth 50-plus rating of the continued Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025, matching Sobers’ 1966 record for essentially the most 50+ scores at No.6 or decrease in a Test sequence in England.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Both Jadeja and Sobers achieved the feat in eight innings, underlining the consistency and impression of the Indian all-rounder in the lower-middle order. Jadeja’s efficiency has now firmly positioned him alongside the West Indian nice in a number of elite lists.
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Jadeja additionally turned the joint-most prolific visiting batter in England with 9 fifty-plus scores at No.6 or decrease — a record he now shares with Sobers. Furthermore, he’s certainly one of solely two visiting cricketers to attain over 1000 runs at that place in England, the opposite being Sobers once more.
Adding to his all-round dominance, Jadeja has now taken 34 wickets in England, making him solely the third visiting participant to attain 1000+ runs and take 30+ wickets in a rustic, after Sobers and England nice Wilfred Rhodes (in Australia).In the fourth Test, Jadeja’s unbeaten 107 was a part of a heroic rearguard that noticed India claw again from 0/2 to complete at 425/4, securing a hard-fought draw towards England’s large 669-run first innings.Jadeja’s 5 fifty-plus scores in the present sequence is essentially the most by any Indian batting at No.6 or decrease in a single Test sequence, equalling VVS Laxman’s record from 2002 in the West Indies.
With 12 fifty-plus scores in SENA nations whereas batting decrease down the order, Jadeja is now second solely to MS Dhoni (13), and he’s carried out it in simply 47 innings — an astonishing strike price for somebody lengthy thought of a bowling all-rounder.Jadeja’s present sequence scores — 89, 69*, 72, 61*, 20, and 107* — spotlight not simply consistency, however the capability to form match outcomes below strain. He stays central to India’s hopes forward of the ultimate Test at The Oval, with England main the sequence 2-1.